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Observed temperature from NASA versus the 1850–1900 average as a pre-industrial baseline. The
main driver for previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century, humans have
had unprecedented impact on Earth's climate system and caused change on a global scale.
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is the emission of greenhouse gases, of which more than 90% are carbon dioxide (CO
.[3] The human cause of climate change is not disputed by any scientific body of national or
international standing.[4] Temperature rise is accelerated or tempered by climate feedbacks,
such as loss of sunlight-reflecting snow and ice cover, increased water vapour (a
greenhouse gas itself), and changes to land and ocean carbon sinks.